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blacktail.

A fish: the ruffe or pope (Gymnocephalus cernua)

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noun/ˈblækˌteɪl/General-American
  1. A fish: the ruffe or pope (Gymnocephalus cernua)

  2. A black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus), of California and Oregon.

  3. A mule deer, of the Rocky Mountains.

  4. Certain fish with black tails: Salmo trutta

    UK
  5. Certain fish with black tails: Diplodus capensis, Diplodus sargus

    Namibia · South-Africa
  6. Certain fish with black tails: Haemulon carbonarium

    Jamaica
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Compound of black + tail.

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